I am reading the shared treasure water of newly awarded Mao Zedong Award winner Qiao Ye and writer Ge Liang. World | Writers
Summer reading leads to long days. Reading in summer can relieve the heat. In this issue of the Liberation Book List, the sub book list is titled "I am Reading", which is a dynamic column that takes us to see what books famous scholars are reading.
Their book list may add more nutrition to "cooling off".
Writer, Vice Chairman of Beijing Writers Association, and winner of the 11th Mao Dun Literature Award
I have multiple versions of The Little Prince, which are my regular books on business trips and bedtime hypnosis. The more I read, the more I feel that this is a magical book, because its elasticity is too great. It can be deep or shallow, wide or narrow, virtual or real. Whether it's a fairy tale, a fable, or a short story, all hold true. Its ideal target audience is not only children, but also adults with childlike innocence. This is a book with long-lasting companionship value. You will grow up reading it, but you will not grow old reading it.
"There is nothing more difficult than love in the world." If there is, it is to write a classic novel about love. "Love during the Cholera" undoubtedly proves that Marquez perfectly resolved this difficulty.
Compared to other emotions, love may be the most special. Love is not related to blood, there are many conditions. This kind of love means passion, heart rate, and more importantly, ability. "Love During the Cholera" is the first novel published by Garcia Marquez after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, and it is also the most stunning love story I have ever read - yes, there is none. From youth like jade to white hair, what would happen if two people who love each other don't come together? What would happen if we got together? Both possibilities are fully explained in this novel.
Mr. Fei Xiaotong's "Local China" is also a book that I often read. Many years ago, when I first read it, I was often surprised by the observations and analyses: surprisingly, I see. 7、 Eight years ago, when I started writing "Treasure Water" and reread "Local China", I would still sigh: still so, still so. At the same time, it is also clear that this book is worthy of being a sociological classic because it is too large. In this great book, perhaps everyone's hometown is a separate volume, and so is "Treasure Water".
Writer and Professor Ge Liang from Hong Kong Baptist University
The first book I was reading was Mr. Tong Jun's "Southeast Garden Villa". Apart from Chen Congzhou and Liu Dunzhen, Tong Jun is an indispensable name when studying Chinese gardens. In a sense, his theory of "taste" has bridged the gap between Eastern garden aesthetics and modern architectural language, and has had a profound impact on future generations.
This book was translated by Professor Tong Ming, a grandson of Mr. Tong in the field of architecture, and carries the meaning of passing down the torch. The preface is written by his friend Wang Shu, which is also surprising. It reminds me of reading "Building a House" a few years ago, and there is a sense of falling from painting to nature between the lines in this preface.
The second book is "I Was Born in America". Just like Calvino's tedious birth experience, in this forty year interview, we face the complexity of his knowledge structure and insight system, as well as the continuous evolution of his views.
From a lack of trust in the genre of novels to a firm reliance on them, one can see the weakness of confidence in shaping a writer. He acknowledged the difficulty of his oral expression ability and used it as a secret for writing motivation. "Focus on difficult things that require extreme effort. Be wary of superficial, simple things that are done for the sake of doing."
The third book is "Six Hundred Years of London", which dissects the history of the city, whether it is in its darkest moments or bizarre, plagues, fires, the rise of theater culture, or the bombing of World War II, and transforms it into a self aware reality of daily life.
Documentary style urban history works, panoramic text navigation spanning different periods of London. Using the style of a novel, delve into the historical timeline of this city. Trivialities and abundant details, like entangled branches and vines, fill chapters. As the author wrote at the end of the book, "Strolling on the streets of London is like a magnificent adventure that captivates one's heart.".
